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    Andhra Pradesh

  • Storm threat to coastal Andhra Pradesh
  • YSR to campaign in Mumbai
  • Forget past follies, focus on future, says PV
  • Uttarandhra leaders oppose division of State
  • Cotton farms continue to employ children: survey
  • Human rights abuse a black spot: LS Speaker
  • Divorce through impersonation?
  • ISO-17025 certification for State forensic lab
  • LIC urged to extend loans for water schemes
  • People's War student wing spreads its wings
  • ISO-17025 for State Forensic Lab
  • High voltage campaign in Siddipet
  • Call for coastal zone plan to regulate ship-breaking units
  • Elections no referendum on Congress performance: Shinde
  • Focus on right to food, work
  • Special housing scheme for tribals: Minister
  • Power purchase cost to be slashed
  • LeT suspect's family members launch hunger strike
  • Abducted SI freed
  • Efforts on to make city polio-free by next year
  • Jaipal Reddy calls for political justice
  • City deserves A-1 status: MP
  • Novel protest against helmet rule
  • Youth festival from October 15
  • Running a losing race?
  • Briefly
  • Crime Watch

    • Athletics

  • Paul Kirui and Sun Yingjie corner glory on rain-hit day
  • Rathore, Anju run in celebrity race
  • How not to go about hosting a world event
  • Everything worked nicely for me: Kirui

    • Badminton

  • SZ inter-varsity badminton

    • Bangalore

  • City NGO set to make Olympics eco-friendly
  • Ornaments stolen from house in V.V. Puram
  • Gopalakrishna Adiga remembered
  • `Advaita can bring about equality in society'
  • Rainwater enters houses in some areas
  • Released youth to undergo narco-analysis test
  • Two killed in road accident near Hoskote
  • Selected
  • Around the City
  • In Bangalore Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Basketball

  • Another win for Annamalai

    • Bellary

  • Team from Andhra Pradesh studies State's panchayat raj system

    • Bihar

  • Additional security forces for Madhepura

    • Business

  • WordPress: A simple blog tool
  • FII buying props up stocks
  • Veritas hails its Indian inventors
  • Does amnesty for voluntary disclosure continue?
  • IOC asked to replace pipeline

    • Chennai

  • IT infrastructure boom in Chennai
  • Rainwater runoff can be harvested, says study
  • Forum demands protected area status for Pallikaranai marshland
  • Decentralised waste water treatment 'cheaper'
  • Around the City
  • In Chennai Today
  • Readers mail

    • Chess

  • Marat tops the table
  • Harikrishna breaks into top 100
  • Phoobalan beats Sethuraman
  • Rahul emerges winner
  • Leko bounces back

    • Coimbatore

  • New telephone exchange in city by November
  • Farmers seek drought relief scheme
  • Proposal submitted for reverse osmosis plant
  • TNAU to study medicinal plants in Western Ghats
  • Peace poster contest
  • Around the City
  • In Coimbatore Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Cricket

  • We would love to leave with a win: Gilchrist
  • A miracle at Kolkata
  • Narrow win for Pakistan
  • All-round show by Vinit
  • Big win for St. Andrews HS
  • Goswami Club triumphs
  • Ticket sales brisk
  • Krishna Rao shines
  • Narrow win for Bhavans
  • Rain delays start

    • Crossword

  • The Hindu Crossword 8105
  • Solution to puzzle 8104

    • Cuddapah

  • Expose Congress `failure' on promises: TDP MP
  • `Good response to career guidance programme'

    • Cycling

  • ICU unveils new Pro Tour

    • Dharwad

  • Minister calls for judicious use of water

    • Dindigul

  • Soil testing laboratory adopts Nallamanaickenpatti

    • Editorials

  • CLEANSING PUBLIC LIFE
  • THE CONTINUING OIL SHOCK

    • Football

  • UEFA warns Austria, Switzerland
  • East Bengal in semifinals
  • A lop-sided contest
  • Kollam to meet Kannur in opener
  • APFA elections by December
  • Kozhikode women enter final

    • Front Page

  • 12 killed as blasts rock Assam for second day
  • Patil agrees on coordinated action against militants
  • Somnath convenes all-party meet
  • Depression moves towards coastal Andhra Pradesh
  • Scribes arrive from Pak.
  • AP-naxals talks on Oct. 15
  • Thackeray cancels election tour
  • Best Bakery re-trial today
  • More security force for E.C.
  • Clash in Jharkhand jail
  • Record visas for US
  • Kirui wins
  • Roh coming today

    • Globescan

  • 18 ETA members held in France
  • Editor killed in Bangladesh
  • Church to fight gay marriages

    • Golf

  • Els pockets WGC title, moves past Woods in the rankings
  • Indians fail to qualify for World Cup

    • Gulbarga

  • Popularise Indian languages: RSS leader

    • Guntur

  • Chief planning officers want post to be upgraded

    • Hassan

  • Rs.334-cr. package for Hassan farmers

    • Hockey

  • Friendship series resumes
  • PNB Academy wins final

    • Hubli

  • Water schedule for Hubli

    • Hyderabad

  • I-Max viewing, high-density traffic chaos
  • Shriya pulls in more helping hands
  • Students' rally focuses on moral education
  • Around the City
  • Readers' Mail

    • India & World

  • Roh visit aimed at long-term cooperation

    • International

  • Sharon vows to expand Gaza operations
  • Bush, Kerry focus on domestic issues
  • U.K. examines hostage swap offer
  • China for U.N. Council expansion
  • Thailand finds bird flu in dog
  • What brings luck to stars
  • 'Assistance to developing nations should remain high on agenda'
  • Haiti Senate chief held as violence continues
  • Turkey awaits E.U. word on entry talks
  • Abkhazia goes to the polls

    • Kancheepuram

  • LPG entry on ration cards
  • Cleft lip screening camp

    • Karimnagar

  • Medical camp for physically challenged

    • Karnataka

  • Do not neglect JD(S) legislators: Deve Gowda
  • Two circuit Benches 'soon' in north Karnataka
  • Revenue Department to become more people friendly
  • Hassan-Mangalore rail line to be ready by June
  • Adventure sports to add glitter to Dasara festivities
  • `State should not allow itself to be bullied by others'
  • Flash floods disrupt traffic between Bidar-Hyderabad
  • Mangalore to host conference of beedi firms
  • HR conference from October 19
  • BSP out to make its presence felt in Bidar
  • One-upmanship blamed for face-off
  • Of accommodating rivals
  • Govt. will complete full term, says M.P. Prakash
  • Dharam Singh to campaign today
  • `Governments not committed to welfare of people'
  • Lightning claims five lives in Bidar district
  • Briefly

    • Karnataka - Others

  • Farmers told to go in for region-specific crops
  • `Davangere Textile Park' may become a reality
  • `Maintaining plural ethos essential for peace'
  • Tribal girl rescued from Kasargod
  • Around the City

    • Kerala

  • Power theft on the rise in State
  • Government change has made no difference, says economist
  • VS may implead in lottery case
  • Goreksha Mission launch on October 8
  • Campaign against `Fourth World' to go on: VS
  • No privatisation of profit-making PSUs: Chandy
  • `Kerala on the threshold of overall development'
  • Southwest monsoon slightly deficient in State
  • Mahe church fete begins tomorrow
  • Prohibitionists to launch mass protest
  • Absence of doctors: probe ordered
  • Move to set up biotechnology park in Kochi
  • Attack on nuns: no breakthrough yet
  • Permanent Lok Adalat for Kochi
  • Tribal girl rescued from Kasaragod
  • Talks fail; college teachers plan protest march
  • Man held on charge of rape
  • `Shun violence'
  • Rajagopal told to withdraw statement
  • Fellowship
  • Briefly

    • Kerala - Others

  • Jet Airways cancels four flights

    • Khammam

  • TRS for setting up of Manuguru power station

    • Kochi

  • Rain wreaks havoc in Kochi; child drowned
  • Private bus workers in Kochi plan stir
  • Muvattupuzha municipality chief's election tomorrow
  • Self-Help Groups told to focus on amity
  • Study camp for children
  • Woman found dead
  • LIC employees' federation meet
  • MLA injured in accident
  • In Kochi Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Kollam

  • Normal life affected in heavy rain
  • Use of jack hammers decried
  • Better facilities at Munroe Thuruthu soon
  • Boy found dead

    • Kottayam

  • Debt trap awaits farmers
  • Bridge collapses during funeral procession

    • Kozhikode

  • Focus on `giants from the backyard'
  • Popularising sanitation through puppetry
  • Live demonstration held

    • Kurnool

  • Uncertainty looms over gutted factory
  • Heritage panel visits Kurnool sites

    • Leader Page Articles

  • Crowded skies
  • Will America heed the message?

    • Letters to the Editor

  • Egg on its face
  • Court notice
  • Focus on welfare
  • Quota for minorities
  • BCCI affairs
  • Indian Post

    • Madurai

  • `Koodankulam project going on ahead of schedule'
  • Is there any future for it?
  • `Micro-electro mechanical system may be next technological forte'
  • Training in village industries
  • Steps to prevent flooding of tanks
  • Centre thanked
  • Two fatally knocked down
  • Around the City
  • In Madurai Today
  • Reporter's Diary

    • Maharashtra

  • Best Bakery re-trial: seven witnesses leave for Mumbai
  • Development issues dominate campaign in Ratnagiri
  • Pawar's call to defeat communal forces

    • Mangalore

  • Colleges asked to remit entire fee to Govt.
  • The Hindu-Young World Quiz tomorrow
  • A six-year wait for bus ends
  • Free health camp for the elderly
  • Readers' Mail

    • Mysore

  • Forum to urge Govt. to take over Sri Krishna Temple
  • Winners of `Sarada Jnana Sudha' receive prizes
  • Three arrested on charge of chain snatching
  • Six held on poaching charge, jaw traps seized
  • Youth drive home wildlife conservation message
  • Cultural event from Wednesday
  • Dasara programme schedule
  • Results announced

    • Nagercoil

  • `Govt. executing schemes to preserve forests'

    • Nalgonda

  • Tributes paid to Mulk Raj Anand
  • Held on charge of duping pilgrims

    • National

  • Pakistani journalist team in Kashmir
  • Doubts over reliability of economic data
  • Heart transplants exemplify secularism: Kalam
  • Over 10 lakh workers deprived of EPF interest
  • Kalam condoles loss of lives in blasts
  • No deal with Government on FDI cap: Yechury
  • 'Freedom of press facing internal threat'
  • Funds crunch hits lake, river conservation projects
  • Forgotten gardener who pinned down Nathuram Godse
  • Manmohan Government has failed on all fronts: Swamy
  • Register crop details for insurance benefits

    • Nellore

  • Krishna water will flow to Somasila soon: MLA
  • Give priority to Velugonda, says ex-Minister
  • Oil dealers want holes in Act plugged

    • New Delhi

  • A different definition of rationality
  • Three held for kidnap, murder
  • Afghanistan's heritage needs peace
  • Left, Sangh Parivar join hands to fight MTNL polls
  • Call to undo the wrongs of green revolution
  • Rich tributes paid to Raja Ramanna
  • Mankotia may head Himachal Congress
  • DMC yet to get papers in Rajan Pillai case
  • Bid to bring quick justice to litigants
  • Army team checks scrap trucks
  • Child care centre closure decried
  • Chautala promises 35,000 jobs before polls
  • Two freed in kidnapping case
  • Court notice for demolition of dry latrines
  • Around the City
  • Briefly
  • In the Capital Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Orissa

  • Tribal empowerment programme launched

    • Perambalur

  • Video conference facility for Perambalur panchayat unions

    • Pondicherry

  • Rs. 98-crore super speciality block for JIPMER soon
  • Referendum on statehood urged
  • School teachers seek incentives
  • Indo-French ties seminar

    • Racing : Motor

  • Pole for Castroneves
  • Mandody steals the show

    • Rajasthan

  • Rajasthan withdraws 'bhojan mantra'

    • Religion

  • Evil mind can be reformed

    • Salem

  • Encroachers evicted from Salem lake
  • Girl attacked, robbed

    • Sports : General

  • Eriksson tips Ferdinand as potential captain
  • Madhya Pradesh to meet Delhi in final
  • Phalguna's gesture to Kannan & Susai

    • Tamil Nadu

  • Samba plantation in full swing
  • A widow's 16-year wait for pension
  • Mentally ill `need to be sensitively portrayed'
  • Urban mental health project will benefit software professionals
  • Polygreen house concept catching on in Nilgiris
  • Transparency in counselling for teacher transfers `missing'
  • Project for treating non-biodegradable waste planned
  • NGOs playing crucial role in health care programmes: Anbumani
  • Congress-led Government has failed on all fronts: BJP
  • Heavy rain, but storage poor in Dindigul dams
  • Ambattur drainage project is a go
  • Timber mafia `hyperactive' in Shevaroys' Hills
  • Sex ratio cause for concern: Governor
  • Epidemiological survey taken up near Koodankulam
  • Gita recitation kicks off festival
  • Guest lecturers seek job protection
  • 41 illicit brewers give up traditional vocation
  • Party row a closed chapter: Yechury
  • Varsity initiative for postgraduate students
  • Policy soon on small-scale units
  • Area under contract farming for cotton on the rise
  • Self-help group provides a soothing touch
  • Briefly

    • Tamil Nadu - Others

  • Number of beneficiaries in Pudukottai raised
  • Liquor sold from tea shop

    • Tennis

  • Aqeel Khan is the man to beat
  • Federer routs Roddick for season's tenth title
  • Sai Baba beats Sunil

    • Thiruvananthapuram

  • RCC moots comprehensive cancer control programme
  • Corporation gearing up for clean-up drive
  • Social worker killed in accident
  • World Space Week from today
  • Constable hacked by colleague
  • 23,588 booths for pulse polio immunisation drive
  • Around the City
  • In Thiruvananthapuram Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • This Day That Age

  • dated October 4, 1954: PM's praise for Navy
  • dated October 4, 1954: W. Germany to be rearmed

    • Thrissur

  • Speaker lauds Christian contributions

    • Tiruchi

  • 10 projects commissioned
  • `Teachers' role has increased manifold'
  • BSNL rings in new incentive scheme
  • Farmers urged to install drip irrigation system
  • Facility at varsity for research scholars
  • Parayanam
  • Around the City
  • In Tiruchi Today

    • Tirupati

  • Five held for assault on sub-inspector

    • Udhagamandalam

  • Polio drops for 70,000 children in the Nilgiris

    • Udupi

  • Concern over changing demographic profile
  • House burgled, valuables stolen

    • Uttar Pradesh

  • More rocket shells recovered from scrap

    • Vijayawada

  • TDP leader fears another bid on life
  • New Volvo service to Bangalore from today
  • Fight atrocities unitedly, women told
  • `Encourage farmers rearing Ongole breed of oxen'
  • Around the City
  • In Vijayawada Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Visakhapatnam

  • HSL chief for cut in production cost
  • Trawler operators to take up tuna fishing
  • `Ad industry facing staff crunch'
  • Bank offers special credit scheme
  • Raids on shops
  • Naval officer dies in mishap
  • Record unloading
  • Trains cancelled
  • Around the City
  • In Visakhapatnam Today
  • Readers' Mail

    • Warangal

  • An outing they will never forget

    • Weather

  • Weather

    • Weightlifting

  • Manoj Kumar, Seema strongest

    • West Bengal

  • 'No talks till naxalites lay down arms'

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